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I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure this is only true if you are looking to compete with the megacorps, which probably isn't the case if you are a startup. It's called a non-compete, because it means you can't work for a competitor. Having to do with tech doesn't make you a competitor.
A noncompete typically bars you from holding any type of related position within a specific radius of your employer.
There are many reasons YC requires you to be in Mountain View during the program. When you finish YC, every partner will tell you to stay in the Bay Area. As CEO of a post-seed company, I had to start building relationships with Series-A investors. They are all here, so I could meet them in person without much travel, or they could come visit our office. That matters. When our investors hold events, they are here. I…
Doesn't being in SV mean the top talent is all hoovered up by Google, FB, etc? What about huge rent costs? Would love to be able to start a startup in Melb, Australia, because it's the most livable city in the world, but the tech scene here in comparison to SV is like living in the Stone Age. Not sure if I'd be better off moving to SV - but interestingly, I met a top CTO/CEO who had moved his company to the Valley an…
Are you joking? It must be one of the cities in the world with the worst traffic. And of course, real estate is so cheap...
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I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure this is only true if you are looking to compete with the megacorps, which probably isn't the case if you are a startup. It's called a non-compete, because it means you can't work for a competitor. Having to do with tech doesn't make you a competitor.
A noncompete typically bars you from holding any type of related position within a specific radius of your employer.
There are many reasons YC requires you to be in Mountain View during the program. When you finish YC, every partner will tell you to stay in the Bay Area. As CEO of a post-seed company, I had to start building relationships with Series-A investors. They are all here, so I could meet them in person without much travel, or they could come visit our office. That matters. When our investors hold events, they are here. I…
See also Brad Feld who talks about building an entrepreneurial ecosystem, but the commitment is decades.
My hourly rate at my current remote job is about half of what I made at Google living for a while in Mountain View, but with the local very low cost of living, I am better off financially with my current job.
I hope the future is more distributed, with people and companies taking advantage of beautiful and cheap places to work and live.
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There's just nothing to do in Raleigh, unless all you do is drink and go to restaurants.
...and the horrible traffic, where the city loves to randomly close streets for events (almost every week). ...and the excessive police presence. ...and the re-segregated schools. Not to mention the state legislature, right?
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Can you provide some examples of "SV failures may have succeeded in other places"?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/business/economy/bay-area-...
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My fiancee is currently going through the same process. She's going to, but not taking seriously, the interviews she has in Manhattan. OTOH, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and a few other cities look promising. Some of the programs in Manhattan and Brooklyn are paying ~55000. She's in (we're in) >400000 in debt from the med school loans. There's no chance we can go there. (Maybe if they paid ~100000.)
Stay away from Atlanta if you value quality of living. Look to places like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Columbus, etc.... big healthcare areas without being the biggest sprawl on the planet or having insane cost of living.
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We probably have more microbreweries per capita than anywhere else in the US. That would actually be Portland, OR with 52, more than any city in the world . Richmond isn't even on the map to be honest..
Portland OR has 52 microbreweries per person? That's pretty darn amazing. You guys might want to check yourselves into a rehab program, because you may have a slight drinking problem. (the above is sarcasm. But let's teach people what per capita means.)
My wife is looking at residency programs (she will be an MD). She has an interview at UCSF, but we are not sure we will go--San Francisco is just too expensive. Salary is only $65000 and we have to pay back student loans. I cant't imagine any doctor wanting to train in San Francisco. The city is pricing itself out of existence.
Look south of 280. Pacific and Daly City are fine, or some parts of SF. Rent is kind of outrageous, a 2br house near me is going for $4200, though it's really nice, 1920s style, and it's a house, with an extensive downstairs bonus room, separate living and dining room, and so forth. If you were more interested in saving money and it's just you and your wife, by guess is that you could knock a grand off that and still be walking distance from two bart stations, the J, K, and M lines, and the 43 that goes right by UCSF parnassus.
It's not hard to access the rest of SF from that corner, there's all kinds of public transportation options near SF City college, Portola, Excelsior, Mission Terrace, etc.
That's a ton to be spending on rent in such an unfashionable corner, but jeez, we're talking about the opportunity to do a residency at UCSF. Again, not sure about your salary, and the loans for med school can be pretty heavy, But even if you only earn half the median salary of a developer, you can make this work.